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Maths Paper 1, November 2024, question 2.1.2

Maths P1 · Number patterns sequences series
2.1.24 marks
The first term of an arithmetic series is 6 and the common difference is 4. The series has 15 terms. It is then extended so that it has 60 terms in total, and the sum of all 60 terms is 7440. Write down an equation, using sigma notation, for the sum of only the new terms that were added to the original series.

NSCBased on Nov 2024 · Paper 1 · Q2.1.2

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In sigma notation the sum was often not written from n=1 to the right upper limit, so it did not equal the total given.

In our words. Source: Department of Basic Education, NSC 2024 Diagnostic Report, Part 1 (Book 1), Q2.1.2.

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